Planning application
19 Roper Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9QX
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective Oak (T1) - Reduce the overall crown by approximately 50%, shorten excessive lateral branch growth over the highway, public areas and adjacent property, lift the lower crown by approximately 3 or 4 metres, and remove excessive epicormic growth.
As published by the council, reference TPA/26/1919
Application record
- Reference
- TPA/26/1919
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 6 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 9 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Rainham South East
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- ME8 9QX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Oct 2026
Received by Medway
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9 Oct 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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15 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 4 December 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Medway took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Inchcut Ltd Agent, registered in Sevenoaks
Active · incorporated 2021 · Sevenoaks
3 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
- BEFORE AND AFTER
- REDACTED
- OAK1
- OAK2
- WHATSAPP IMAGE 2026-10-06 AT 12.50.31
- WHATSAPP IMAGE 2026-10-06 AT 12.50.37 (1)
- WHATSAPP IMAGE 2026-10-06 AT 12.50.40 (1)
- WHATSAPP IMAGE 2026-10-06 AT 12.50.40
- PHOTOGRAPH
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Medway for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Medway's median decision took 55 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
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